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Campus: Kensington Campus
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Career: Undergraduate
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Units of Credit: 6
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Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
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Equivalent: THST1101
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Description
Introduces the basic principles of and analytic vocabulary for the study of theatrical performance.
Learning Outcomes
After participating in the lectures, tutorials and project; reading recommended materials and satisfactorily completing all assessment tasks, you should be able to:
- arefully describe and interpret a theatre event in terms of its multiple signifying elements and their complex interactions; use key semiotic terms and related concepts such as ‘sign/signifier/signified’, ‘denotation’, ‘connotation’, ‘proxemics’, and ‘kinesics’ when reading and writing about the stage event
- Analyse relationships between (a) theatre events, texts, practices and theories, and (b) their social and historical contexts
- Discuss the approaches of key practitioners and theorists in twentieth-century theatre to performance making and audience reception Compare and contrast some of the aims and methods of twentieth-century theatre and contemporary performance makers
- Plan and carry out the group-created research for and presentation of a Practical Research Project
- Read academic texts with critical understanding; access information and resources relevant to theatre and performance; follow the conventions of academic writing i.e. referencing and quotation systems; and work in an effective, self-motivated way in a university environment
Assessment
- Tutorial Participation - 10%
- Performance analysis (1,200 words) - 20%
- Essay (2000 words) - 40%
- Group practical project , including a presentation (20%), plus peer review and self-evaluation (10%)
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